They seek to promote achiote in Peru, take advantage of the export potential and serve the food industry

Published 2021년 5월 31일

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The article highlights the importance of bixin, a colorant obtained from achiote seeds, in various industries such as food, textile, and pharmaceuticals, and its increasing use in cosmetics due to its antioxidant properties. Currently, Brazil and Africa are the main producers due to low cost and high bixin content. Peru is looking to increase its competitiveness by promoting research, innovation, and the development of new varieties of annatto with a high bixin content. The National Institute of Innovation Agrarian (INIA) is conducting a study with the Association of Exporters (ADEX) to identify annatto plants with superior qualities and yield, with the goal of increasing their competitiveness in the global market. A chiote garden has been installed in Pichanaki, Junín, to evaluate the quality and quantity of the specimens collected from different parts of Peru.

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(Agraria.pe) Bixin is obtained from achiote seeds and is extremely important in the industry as it is used as a colorant in the production of food in the world, giving flavor and color in the textile sector (fabric dyeing) and at the pharmacist (medicines). Thanks to its antioxidant properties, its use (of annatto) increased in the manufacture of cosmetics and body care products such as creams, lotions, shampoos. Currently, the main producers are Brazil and Africa due to their low price and high content of this substance. For Peru to be more competitive, it requires promotion, research and innovation in technology. Likewise, to generate new varieties of annatto with a high content of this pigment, as well as better management methods in the field and in the industrial process. In this sense, the president of the Committee of Dyes and Natural Extracts of the Association of Exporters (ADEX), Ruy Elías, highlighted the importance of the study 'Evaluation of two methods of cloning ...

Source: Agraria